An assembly line with 28 operations is to be balanced. The total amount of time required for all 28 operations is 39 minutes. The longest operation takes 2.2 minutes and the shortest takes 0.8 minutes. The line will operate for 450 minutes per day. Please show all work.
a. Determine the minimum and maximum cycle time.
b. What is the maximum output rate that this assembly line can achieve?
c. What is the output rate if the cycle time is set at 2.2 minutes?